Governor calls for restrictions amid rise in number of cases to reduce spread Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) have announced the need for COVID-19 resurgence mitigation in Region 8, which includes DuPage and Kane counties, beginning Friday, Oct. 23. The DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) […]
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Legion’s Nashville songwriter event still on
Two smaller groups contained inside meets City, state requirements By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent After Governor JB Pritzker announced that Illinois would be returning to more restrictive limitations due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Committee poised to bring the Nashville Songwriter event to the Elmhurst American […]
Man charged with attempted murder of Elmhurst resident out walking dog
On Wednesday, July 1, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael Ruth announced that a 22- year-old man had been charged with Attempt First Degree Murder for allegedly shooting an Elmhurst man last May. Charged with one count of Attempt First Degree Murder and […]
Peaceful protest held in Elmhurst City Centre
IMG_3231 (2) (Click on link for video) By Peter Cruger For The Independent Newspapers The City of Elmhurst prepared most of the day on Tuesday, June 2, for a protest in response to the death of George Floyd, the African American man who died while in the custody of the […]
DuPage County Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Case Counts
May 9, 2020 Total cases in DuPage County residents 4,520, including 247 deaths * Data are provisional as of 11:00am 5/9/2020 and subject to change. Since May 9, 2020 there are 142 new cases of COVID-19 in DuPage County including 10 deaths of persons with COVID-19 infection reported: • 1 […]
DuPage County Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Case Counts
April 18, 2020 Total cases in DuPage County residents: 1,661 (322 outbreak-associated** and 1,339 nonoutbreak-associated cases), including 83 deaths Total Willowbrook long-term care facility outbreak-associated cases: 54 (35 residents and 19 staff), including 10 deaths * Data are provisional as of 11:00am 4/18/2020 and subject to change. **Outbreak-associated cases are […]
Daily COVID-19 Case Counts* for DuPage County Coronavirus Disease
April 12, 2020 (COVID-19) Case Counts* in DuPage County, 2020 Total cases in DuPage County residents 1,165 (161 outbreak-associated** and 1,004 nonoutbreak-associated cases), including 48 deaths Total Willowbrook long-term care facility outbreak-associated cases 53 (34 residents and 19 staff), including 9 deaths *Data are provisional as of 11:00am 4/12/2020 and […]
DuPage County Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update
Case Counts* in DuPage County, 2020 Total cases in DuPage County residents total 1,009 (153 outbreak-associated** and 856 nonoutbreak-associated cases), including 39 deaths Willowbrook long-term care facility outbreak-associated cases 51 (34 residents and 17 staff), including 8 deaths *Data are provisional as of 11:00am 4/10/2020 and subject to change. **Outbreak-associated […]
Daily COVID-19 Case Counts* for DuPage County
April 4, 2020 Media Alert: Daily COVID-19 Case Counts* for DuPage County Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Case Counts* in DuPage County, 2020 outbreak-associated cases 606 (88 outbreak-associated** and 518 nonoutbreak-associated cases), including 19 deaths Total cases in DuPage County residents Total Willowbrook long-term care facility 51 (34 residents and […]
Seven deaths in DuPage County related to COVID-19
According to the Daily Herald and Elmhurst Edward Hospital in Naperville, a DuPage County man has died from the COVID-19 virus. The man, in his 60s, died Sunday at Edward Hospital in Naperville. Neither his identity, nor further details, were revealed. He had no underlying conditions. Keith Hartenberger, a spokesman […]